Download or read book Countdown to Extinction written by David Burnie and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, there are over 6.5 billion people in the world. Together, we take up more space, eat more food and create more waste than any other form of life. Human dominance may be good news for us, but it's bad news for many other animals that share the planet with us. David Burnie looks atextinction from the mass wipe-out of the dinosaurs, 65 million years ago, to the probable extinction of the tiger within the next ten years. He covers many species from the cuddly and much-loved panda to the less attractive thylacine, classed as vermin but no less valuable to the ecological balanceof the planet. All sorts of animals are represented, from the feathered and winged to the slimy and scaly.
Download or read book In Danger written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The In Danger project is a high-end art book produced by Expedition Art in collaboration with some of the most well-known concept artists, designers and fine artists in the world. The book includes 52 different artists from 8 countries and 97 unique animal paintings. Each animal portrayed in the book has a detailed description, interesting facts about the creature as well as insightful thoughts from the artist. Each project Expedition Art produces donates 90%+ profits to a partner non-profit organization that directly affects wildlife and nature conservation. Our goal is to educate and raise awareness through art.
Download or read book Encyclopaedia Britannica written by Hugh Chisholm and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.
Download or read book Animals in Danger written by Gare Thompson and published by Steck-Vaughn. This book was released on 1998 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces basic facts about 14 endangered animals. Earth Awareness.
Download or read book Animals in Danger written by Pam Holden and published by Red Rocket Readers. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some animals might disappear from the world if people don't stop destroying their homes and their food supply. What can we do to help them? Non-Fiction Reading Level 1/F&P Level A
Download or read book Tigers in Danger written by Michael Portman and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They’re powerful, fierce carnivores...and they need our help. Tigers are in very real danger of extinction. Hundreds of years of people hunting tigers and destroying their habitats have drastically reduced their numbers. Now, several countries and wildlife groups have teamed up to save the remaining tigers prowling the forests of Asia. This volume is filled with vivid photographs and fun fact boxes, helping readers learn about the six subspecies of tigers, their behaviors, and the recent efforts to save them.
Download or read book Green Sea Turtles written by Nancy Dickmann and published by Black Rabbit Books. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Learn how green sea turtles live, why they are endangered, and what's being done to help"--
Download or read book Tasmanian Devils in Danger written by Michael Portman and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents general information about Tasmanian devils, the dangers that they face that threaten their survival as a species, and the work that is done to protect them.
Download or read book Extraordinary Endangered Animals written by Sandrine Silhol and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each of the seventy-two two-page spreads covers a different endangered species and provides information on its natural habitat, unique features, and relationship with humankind.
Download or read book The Endangered Species Act written by Stanford Environmental Law Society and published by Stanford Environmental Law Soc. This book was released on 2001 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is a guide to the federal Endangered Species Act, the primary U.S. law aimed at protecting species of animals and plants from human threats to their survival. It is intended for lawyers, government agency employees, students, community activists, businesspeople, and any citizen who wants to understand the Act--its history, provisions, accomplishments, and failures.
Download or read book Going Going Gone written by Joanne Mattern and published by Cover-To-Cover Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birds. Fish. Insects. Mammals. The world is full of many animals. But some may not be with us much longer. Some animals are endangered. They may become extinct. And once an animal family dies out, it's gone forever. Going, Going, Gone? looks at ten of these animals and what is being done to save them. Find out what you can do to help secure their future. Book jacket.
Download or read book Look Inside Animals in Danger written by Alice James and published by Look Inside. This book was released on 2022-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lots of animals around the world are in trouble, but together we can help them. Explore the world in this flap book, discovering all sorts of endangered animals and the ways they are being threatened by people. But it's not all doom and gloom - every page contains things scientists and governments are doing to save them, as well as things YOU can do to help at home.
Download or read book Bengal Tigers written by Nancy Dickmann and published by Animals in Danger. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how Bengal tigers live, why they are endangered, and what's being done to help.
Download or read book Animals in Danger written by Benjamin Kalman and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems about a valley where such endangered and extinct animals as the dodo, panda, and blue whale live together in peace and harmony.
Download or read book Frogs in Danger written by Jim Whiting and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the dangers to frogs and how scientists are taking measures to protect them.
Download or read book Animals in Danger A True Book Understanding Climate Change written by Katie Free and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glaciers are melting. Summers are heating up. Sea levels are on the rise. Climate change is affecting every corner of our planet - and it's the subject of a lot of concern, activism, and debate. How is climate change affecting Earth's ecosystems? What happens to animals and other organisms when the habitats around them start to change? This book addresses how climate change affects species on land and in the ocean, which species are most at risk of extinction, and why the speed at which changes are happening makes it difficult for organisms to adapt.STEM meets current events in this new A True Book set that offers readers the chance to learn about the causes and effects of climate change, as well as how people around the world are reacting to it. Students will read about the history and scope of the problem, analyze the same kinds of evidence that scientists do, and come away with tools that will help them respond to this pressing global issue.This series covers Next Generation Science Standards core ideas including Weather and Climate, Human Impacts on Earth Systems, Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer, and Biodiversity and Humans.
Download or read book Wildlife in Danger written by S.Chand Experts and published by S. Chand Publishing. This book was released on with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wildlife in danger looks at how pollution, farming and spreading towns can threaten wildlife and endanger species. It also explains how we can protect how we can protect local and world habitats.
